TCU banning Steven Johnson/Star Telegram over assault reporting

[Mean Purple]

Steven is hitching his wagon to the defendant's attorney

https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/college/big-12/texas-christian-university/article317080984.html?taid=6a984cdc271c1300017e5ba2&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

More like the lawyer hitching is wagon to SJ.

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

The “they should have stopped me from assaulting that guy” defense.

 

[Shorty]

What a bozo

 

[BrewingFrog]

What a bozo

A skilled manipulator, working with someone who is happy to be manipulated.

 

[TopFrog]

What a bozo

He is a karate man. He bleeds on the inside.

 

[froginmn]

Steven is hitching his wagon to the defendant's attorney

https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/college/big-12/texas-christian-university/article317080984.html?taid=6a984cdc271c1300017e5ba2&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Every time I click on a story from the ST, I hit a paywall.

Every time except this time.

Interesting quote:

We believe that multiple coaches were told about this, and that TCU had an opportunity to squash this.

So Fields' lawyer "believes" that multiple coaches were told about this? As the lawyer for Fields, why wouldn't he say that he knows that?

This whole thing is such a ship show and it's such an odd thing for a newspaper to repeatedly take up the story from the guy who is charged with an assault that sent someone to the hospital.

 

[FroggleRock]

Yeah, I think I’m ready for the season to be over already. This program is just a schising disaster on so many fronts.

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

He is a karate man. He bleeds on the inside.

Gus Fring was in that scene. “But you told me last night you cut the dude.”

 

[LisaLT]

Thanks. Is it online yet? Or on the other board?

It would seem like Fields' lawyer is preparing his defense. I'd be curious to know if Fields was being bullied and the staff did nothing about it.

 

[Bruce Berry]

It would seem like Fields' lawyer is preparing his defense. I'd be curious to know if Fields was being bullied and the staff did nothing about it.

If true......as my good friend Jim Morrison would say to Sonny "this is the end..... beautiful friend".

 

[Mean Purple]

Every time I click on a story from the ST, I hit a paywall.

Every time except this time.

Interesting quote:



So Fields' lawyer "believes" that multiple coaches were told about this? As the lawyer for Fields, why wouldn't he say that he knows that?

This whole thing is such a ship show and it's such an odd thing for a newspaper to repeatedly take up the story from the guy who is charged with an assault that sent someone to the hospital.

he'll probably try to enter SJ's original into evidence. the unknown source.

safe pondering that SJ is no longer covering TCU after this season, and possibly not with the ST after that.

 

[froginmn]

It would seem like Fields' lawyer is preparing his defense. I'd be curious to know if Fields was being bullied and the staff did nothing about it.

That's already been debated among the Fields family:

Source close to ex-TCU safety clarifies his side of lead-up to altercation

The source, authorized to speak on behalf of Fields and his family, disputes some of the comments of a previous source close to Fields.

sports.yahoo.com

In the wake of the former TCU safety Jacob Fields' dismissal from the program, a source close to Fields offered a new perspective on what happened.

The source, who was authorized to speak on behalf of Fields and his family, disputes some of the comments of a previous source close to Fields who told the Star-Telegram that Fields faced mistreatment from teammates in the days leading up to his dismissal after a locker room altercation with a player later identified as junior wide receiver Dozie Ezukanma.

"Everything I've gotten has been from TCU and Jacob himself," the new source said Friday.
The new source offered different context, including Fields and his family's belief that he didn't face bullying or mistreatment leading up to the incident. Instead, the source attributes Fields' actions to tensions brewing from competitive football and some questionable plays in practice.
The source said the TCU staff was aware of mounting tensions, but viewed it as just a part of competitive football in fall camp, not bullying.

So his first source says he was bullied and his second source says the first source was wrong.

The S-T should stake their reputation on Fields' side of the story, don't you think?

 

[One Frog Nation]

I had read that they were owned by the Disney company at one point in recent years.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram is owned by The McClatchy Company, one of the largest media companies in the United States.

McClatchy itself is owned by the hedge fund Chatham Asset Management, which acquired the publisher in 2020 following Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring.

Ownership Timeline:

• 1909–1974: Founded by Amon G. Carter Sr. and partners; held by the Carter family.
• 1974–1997: Sold to Capital Cities Communications (which later merged with The Walt Disney Company).
• 1997–2006: Sold to Knight Ridder.
• 2006–Present: Acquired by McClatchy as part of its purchase of Knight Ridder.

 

[swcfrog]

So a player is blindsided in locker room by a thug transfer, put in hospital for 3 days with a brain bleed and so many fans are concerned about ST reporting? This is weird.

 

[Bruce Berry]

I know....let's ban the reporter and make this as big a deal as possible

 

[BrewingFrog]

It would seem like Fields' lawyer is preparing his defense. I'd be curious to know if Fields was being bullied and the staff did nothing about it.

The attorney knows that the trial, should there be one, will be held in Tarrant County. Thus he is happy to have willing accomplices in the Local Media to help him with battlespace prep and jury conditioning. Lazy Media types are only too happy to go to some lawyer's office to have a pre-prepared script, people all prepped with statements, and everything already set up for them in a fancy book-lined office. All they have to do is video the set pieces, and their job is done. Easy peasy.

It's a symbiotic relationship.

 

[Morado Muerte]

Every time I click on a story from the ST, I hit a paywall.

Every time except this time.

Interesting quote:



So Fields' lawyer "believes" that multiple coaches were told about this? As the lawyer for Fields, why wouldn't he say that he knows that?

This whole thing is such a ship show and it's such an odd thing for a newspaper to repeatedly take up the story from the guy who is charged with an assault that sent someone to the hospital.

you get a certain amount of free articles a month, and this is the beginning of the month...

 

[AroundWorldFrog]

It would seem like Fields' lawyer is preparing his defense. I'd be curious to know if Fields was being bullied and the staff did nothing about it.

Getting bullied on the field by receivers. lol

 

[SW toad]

Getting bullied on the field by receivers. lol

There are some relatively new "Environment Management" trolls on this thread attempting to alter opinion. I'm curious as to why you gals and guys think they are here other than to tweak opinion in the fanbase and eventual jury pool.

 

[Shorty]

After the UNC game I can understand why getting beat by this offense would drive a defender to violence.